EMU won seven out of ten bouts, including the final five, to run away with the victory. Three bonus point wins aided the 16-point margin, including pins from redshirt senior Kyle Springer(New Boston, Mich.-Davenport Assumption (Indiana)) and redshirt junior Kayne MacCallum (Green Oaks, Ill.-Libertyville), as well as a technical fall from redshirt junior Armando Torres (Lorain, Ohio-Elyria) in front of his hometown crowd. It was Springer's third pin on the year, while MacCallum and Torres picked up their first pin and tech fall of the season, respectively.
The dual started at 149 lbs. with Springer, who notched two first period takedowns to take an early lead. In the second, he gave up a near fall, but escaped and tallied a takedown to extend the lead into the third. He came out firing in the third, and worked the pin, his third of the season and first in dual action, to make it 6-0 early. CSU responded with a decision at 157 lbs. that was decided by a third period takedown to make it 6-3.
At 165 lbs., No. 20 nationally ranked redshirt sophomore Zac Carson (Akron, Ohio-Lake)had a 0-0 deadlock after one, but, after some scrambles in the second, led 3-0 into the third. The heavy action continued in the third, but Carson held off his opponent, securing the 7-5 decision and extending the EMU lead back to six, 9-3. The Vikings evened the team score at 174 lbs., as a first period pin tied the score at nine. CSU took its first lead of the night at the midway point with a major decision at 184 lbs., making it 13-9 with five matches to wrestle.
MacCallum, wrestling up at 197 lbs. for the first time in his EMU career, got a takedown and strong ride out to lead 2-0 after one. He only needed two periods though, as he notched a pin in the second to give Eastern the lead back, 15-13 going into heavyweight. No. 17 nationally ranked redshirt senior Gage Hutchison (Buchanan, Mich.-Buchanan) grinded through his match, getting an escape and riding time to win 2-0, extending the advantage to 18-13.
Going back to the top, redshirt freshman Tomas Gutierrez (Arvada, Colo.-Pomona) got an escape and takedown to lead 3-2 after one. The high-scoring continued in the second, but Gutierrez still led, 7-4, into the third. He capped off the match with three more points to secure the solid 10-4 decision, pushing the Eagles' lead to eight, 21-13, with two more matches left.
At 133 lbs., Torres went to work in the first, racking up eight points to lead big after one. A reversal in the second made it 10-0 into the third, as Torres looked to lock in the bonus points. He did just that, getting six more in the third to get the technical fall, 16-0, and the secure the dual win with one match to wrestle.
In the final bout, redshirt sophomore Sa'Derian Perry (Lakeland, Fla.-Lake Gibson) trailed 2-0 after one, but battled back to lead 4-3 into the third. He fended off some shots, and got a last-minute takedown in the third to take the match, 6-3, sealing the EMU dual victory, 29-13.
The Eagles are now done with dual action in the 2017 calendar year, but have one more premier event with The Midlands Tournament coming up in a few weeks. The two-day tournament runs Dec. 29-30 in Evanston, Ill.
Results:
149: Kyle Springer (EMU) over Ryan Ford (CSU) (Pin 5:37)
157: Ryan Montgomery (CSU) over J.J. Wolfe (EMU) (Dec 5-3)
165: No. 20 Zac Carson (EMU) over Georgio Poullas (CSU) (Dec 7-5)
174: Gabe Stark (CSU) over Andrew McNally (EMU) (Pin 2:01)
184: No. 19 Nick Corba (CSU) over Jared Leidich (EMU) (MD 11-0)
197: Kayne MacCallum (EMU) over John Kelbly (CSU) (Pin 4:28)
HWT: No. 17 Gage Hutchison (EMU) over Collin Kelly (CSU) (Dec 2-0)
125: Tomas Gutierrez (EMU) over John Martin (CSU) (Dec 10-4)
133: Armando Torres (EMU) over Andrew Coghill (CSU) (TF 16-0)
141: Sa'Derian Perry (EMU) over Evan Cheek (CSU) (Dec 6-3)
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